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Mistletoe Bird (Dicceum hirundinaceum) . 



Spotted Pardalotc (Pardalotus punctatus) (?). 



Lunulated Honey-eater (Melithreptus atricapillus). 



Blood Bird (Myzomela sanguineolenta). 



Yellow-tufted Honey-eater (Ptilotis melanops [auricomis]) . 



Sparrow (Passer domesticus) . 



The Blue Wren (Malurus cyanoclamys) is known to feed on aphides in 

 gardens. 



SPECIES OF BIRDS FEEDING ON SCALES. 



Little Tit (Acanthiza nan a). 

 Buff-ramped Tit (Acanthiza reyuloides). 

 Black-backed Magpie (Gtfmnorhina tibicen) (?). 

 Silver-eye (Zosterops ccerulescens). 

 Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus ornatus). 

 Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus). 

 Black-headed Pardalote (Pardalotus melanocephalus) (?}. 

 Blue-faced Honey-eater (Entomyza cyanotis). 

 Ground Lark (Antlius australis) (?). 

 Sjarling (Sturnus vulc/aris) (?). 



SPECIES OF BIRDS FEEDING ON PSYLLIDS. 



Little Tit (Acanthiza nana). 

 Brown Tit (Acanthiza pusilla). 

 >Striated Tit (Acanthiza lineata). 

 Chestnut-ramped Tit (Acanthiza uropygialis). 

 Yellow-rumped Tit (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa). 

 Buff-ramped Tit (Acanthiza reguloides). 

 Silver-eye (Zosterops ccerulescens). 

 Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus ornatus). 

 Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus). 

 Short-billed Honey-eater (Melithreptus brevirostris). 

 Red-wattie Bird, Gillbird (Anthochcera carunculata) . 

 >Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). 





